Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Syrian Arab Republic Highlights SDF advances east and west of Ar-Raqqa city resulted in the displacement of over 20,000 people bringing the total number of IDPs tracked since November 2016 to almost 200,000. The Self Administration reportedly decided to enact a rule to prevent IDPs from Ar-Raqqa governorate from leaving Ein Is
Vandals have damaged the tomb of General Charles de Gaulle, leader of France’s resistance to Nazi occupation during the second world war and founder of the Fifth Republic. The municipal authorit ... Read more
Source: Government of Colombia Country: Colombia Durante los cinco años de implementación de la Ley de Víctimas (2011-2016), la Unidad para las Víctimas ha entregado la indemnización económica a más d ... Read more
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei launched a fierce attack against regional rival Saudi Arabia, saying it was being pumped "like a milking cow" by "infidel" Americans. Read more
The Cannes film festival ends Sunday with a movie about a hammer-wielding hitman, a rousing story of AIDS activists and a parable of Putin's Russia among the favourites to lift its top prize, the Palm ... Read more
[News24Wire] A long drawn out battle over President Jacob Zuma's future is set to continue when the ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting continues on Sunday. Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump has told "confidants," including the head of the Environmental Protection Agency Scott Pruitt, that he plans to leave a landmark international agreement on climate change, ... Read more
Turkey's military killed 13 members of the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in air strikes in northern Iraq on Sunday, the military said in a statement. Read more
After the atrocity, we recall a past when to be young and Muslim was to be engaged in class politics Were I 20 today, would I be attracted to Islamism or desire to become a soldier of Islamic State? I ... Read more
We have reluctantly grown used to both the presence of troops and the threat of terror attacks They appeared on our streets much as on yours, almost overnight. In the UK, you call it Operation Tempere ... Read more
This wordless animated fable follows the fortunes of a shipwrecked man on an island – and it’s a masterpiece In the wake of Hayao Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises , Isao Takahata’s The Tale of the Princess K ... Read more
The singer-songwriter on his new book – Roots, Radicals and Rockers – the political power of music and his thoughts on turning 60 Billy Bragg, 59, is a musician, author, broadcaster and leftwing activ ... Read more
The 22-year-old was influenced in part by the people who formed the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, a little-known al-Qaida affiliate outlawed in 2004 “Whoever played with his mind, as he saw the kids ... Read more
It’s said that young people could swing the general election – if only more of them voted. First-timers tell us who, if anyone, they intend to support In the run-up to the 2015 general election, a rep ... Read more
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and other major shipyards have seen their stock prices continue to build up gains hitting yearly highs on expectations that the shipbuilding sector is on a recovery track, ... Read more
South Korea's major petrochemicals firms are increasingly tapping the local bond market to capitalize on low rates and an improvement in their bottom lines, industry sources said Sunday.According to t ... Read more
French President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged the importance of dialogue with Russia in resolving certain international problems during the G7 summit in Italy. The statement comes ahead of his meeting ... Read more
North Korea's leader has recently inspected the test-fire of a new type of anti-aircraft guided weapon system, ordering its mass-production and deployment to bolster its air supremacy, Pyongyang's sta ... Read more
Source: European Union Country: Somalia During his visit, Manservisi held talks with President Farmaajo and met with federal and regional leaders and confirmed the EU's commitment to supporting So ... Read more